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In the April list GM Veselin Topalov has crossed – actually bounded over – the 2800 mark to almost reach his highest ever rating: 2813 in July 2006. In the latest list he is just one point shy of that. He gained 16 points since the last list, due to his results in Nanjing 2008 and the World Championship Challengers Match against Gata Kamsky in February this year.
Topalov's dominance is quite remarkable: he is 29 points above the second-best player, World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who shed eight points, all in the 2009 Super-GM in Linares. Topalov is 42 points ahead of Magnus Carlsen, who lost six points in Corus Wijk aan Zee and Linares.
Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik is moving steadily up the ranking list – without playing any rated games! He has moved from eighth to fourth place with his unchanged rating of 2759, which is 53 points below Topalov. Next comes Teimour Radjabov, the young Azeri GM, who lost five rating points but still moved from sixth to fifth place. Levon Aronian is back in the top ten with 2754 points and place six, up from place eleven in the previous list.
The big winners at the top are (first two columns are their rankings):
Apr09 |
Jan09 |
Player |
Nat. |
gain |
rating |
1 |
1 |
Topalov, Veselin | BUL |
+16 |
2812 |
10 |
14 |
Grischuk, Alexander | RUS |
+15 |
2748 |
21 |
26 |
Ni, Hua | CHN |
+15 |
2724 |
23 |
27 |
Karjakin, Sergey | UKR |
+15 |
2721 |
26 |
37 |
Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS |
+17 |
2709 |
32 |
44 |
Tiviakov, Sergei | NED |
+12 |
2697 |
38 |
48 |
Moiseenko, Alexander | UKR |
+14 |
2690 |
42 |
55 |
Jobava, Baadur | GEO |
+18 |
2687 |
43 |
51 |
Harikrishna, P. | IND |
+13 |
2686 |
45 |
65 |
Onischuk, Alexander | USA |
+25 |
2684 |
46 |
60 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS |
+20 |
2684 |
50 |
58 |
Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | UKR |
+13 |
2680 |
The biggest fall was by Vassily Ivanchuk, who dropped 33 points in Nanjing, Wijk aan Zee and Linares (overplayed?). The biggest losses at the top were suffered by the following players:
Apr09 |
Jan09 |
Player |
Nat. |
gain |
rating |
8 |
5 |
Morozevich, Alexander | RUS |
-20 |
2751 |
12 |
3 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR |
-33 |
2746 |
40 |
28 |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP |
-14 |
2688 |
47 |
33 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA |
-12 |
2684 |
48 |
25 |
Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND |
-29 |
2682 |
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2812 | 17 | 1975 |
2 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2783 | 14 | 1969 |
3 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2770 | 27 | 1990 |
4 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2759 | 0 | 1975 |
5 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2756 | 27 | 1987 |
6 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2754 | 37 | 1982 |
7 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2753 | 5 | 1983 |
8 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2751 | 13 | 1977 |
9 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2751 | 0 | 1979 |
10 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2748 | 14 | 1983 |
11 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2747 | 23 | 1978 |
12 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2746 | 37 | 1969 |
13 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2745 | 0 | 1972 |
14 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2738 | 38 | 1987 |
15 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2733 | 0 | 1968 |
16 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2730 | 10 | 1986 |
17 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2728 | 9 | 1983 |
18 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2726 | 25 | 1976 |
19 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2726 | 0 | 1983 |
20 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2725 | 6 | 1985 |
21 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2724 | 16 | 1983 |
22 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2721 | 27 | 1983 |
23 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2721 | 19 | 1990 |
24 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2720 | 20 | 1974 |
25 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2716 | 5 | 1985 |
26 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2709 | 26 | 1980 |
27 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2704 | 18 | 1985 |
28 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2703 | 13 | 1971 |
29 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2702 | 0 | 1974 |
30 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2701 | 10 | 1987 |
31 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2700 | 21 | 1985 |
32 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2697 | 38 | 1973 |
33 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2696 | 29 | 1989 |
34 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2696 | 11 | 1971 |
35 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2695 | 14 | 1979 |
36 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2693 | 0 | 1983 |
37 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2693 | 0 | 1976 |
38 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2690 | 15 | 1980 |
39 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2690 | 11 | 1971 |
40 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2688 | 31 | 1982 |
41 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2688 | 20 | 1987 |
42 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2687 | 16 | 1983 |
43 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2686 | 30 | 1986 |
44 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2685 | 9 | 1976 |
45 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2684 | 28 | 1975 |
46 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2684 | 24 | 1987 |
47 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2684 | 10 | 1990 |
48 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2682 | 20 | 1981 |
49 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2682 | 19 | 1985 |
50 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 2680 | 17 | 1978 |
51 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2678 | 11 | 1986 |
52 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2677 | 29 | 1979 |
53 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2677 | 20 | 1985 |
54 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2676 | 27 | 1985 |
55 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2675 | 11 | 1976 |
56 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2674 | 13 | 1965 |
57 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2671 | 23 | 1986 |
58 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 2669 | 23 | 1968 |
59 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2669 | 0 | 1977 |
60 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2668 | 38 | 1969 |
61 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2668 | 3 | 1973 |
62 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2664 | 11 | 1981 |
63 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2660 | 23 | 1983 |
64 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2660 | 0 | 1977 |
65 | Guseinov, Gadir | g | AZE | 2659 | 20 | 1986 |
66 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2659 | 18 | 1972 |
67 | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2658 | 38 | 1985 |
68 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2657 | 39 | 1986 |
69 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2657 | 0 | 1973 |
70 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2656 | 25 | 1981 |
71 | Pashikian, Arman | g | ARM | 2655 | 43 | 1987 |
72 | Savchenko, Boris | g | RUS | 2655 | 29 | 1986 |
73 | Nyback, Tomi | g | FIN | 2655 | 13 | 1985 |
74 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2654 | 24 | 1985 |
75 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2652 | 29 | 1986 |
76 | Predojevic, Borki | g | BIH | 2652 | 20 | 1987 |
77 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2650 | 9 | 1976 |
78 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2649 | 31 | 1992 |
79 | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 2648 | 18 | 1978 |
80 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2648 | 11 | 1981 |
81 | Delchev, Aleksander | g | BUL | 2648 | 7 | 1971 |
82 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 2647 | 10 | 1978 |
83 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2646 | 9 | 1976 |
84 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2645 | 26 | 1978 |
85 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2645 | 20 | 1988 |
86 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2644 | 0 | 1951 |
87 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2643 | 46 | 1989 |
88 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2641 | 37 | 1987 |
89 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2641 | 29 | 1993 |
90 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2641 | 9 | 1968 |
91 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2640 | 21 | 1953 |
92 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2638 | 21 | 1985 |
93 | Zhang, Pengxiang | g | CHN | 2638 | 6 | 1980 |
94 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2637 | 11 | 1965 |
95 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2637 | 10 | 1978 |
96 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2636 | 9 | 1966 |
97 | Zhou, Jianchao | g | CHN | 2635 | 35 | 1988 |
98 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2635 | 28 | 1985 |
99 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2635 | 22 | 1976 |
100 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2635 | 17 | 1983 |
Judit Polgar still leads, by 81 points, especially since the second highest rated female player in history, Koneru Humpy, dropped nine points. China's super talent Hou Yifan gained 19 points and is just 22 points behind the Indian GM. Former Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova remains in fourth, even though she lost eight points since the previous list.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2693 | 0 | 1976 |
2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2612 | 17 | 1987 |
3 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2590 | 29 | 1994 |
4 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2549 | 21 | 1979 |
5 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2541 | 24 | 1987 |
6 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2533 | 28 | 1990 |
7 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2531 | 22 | 1985 |
8 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2528 | 37 | 1963 |
9 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2527 | 11 | 1986 |
10 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | m | RUS | 2522 | 25 | 1986 |
11 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2516 | 0 | 1984 |
12 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2506 | 11 | 1961 |
13 | Danielian, Elina | m | ARM | 2503 | 34 | 1978 |
14 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2501 | 25 | 1985 |
15 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | m | LTU | 2498 | 13 | 1983 |
16 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | g | SCO | 2492 | 23 | 1968 |
17 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2491 | 14 | 1985 |
18 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2491 | 2 | 1976 |
19 | Hoang Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2490 | 11 | 1980 |
20 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2486 | 7 | 1987 |
21 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2479 | 12 | 1976 |
22 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2479 | 11 | 1982 |
23 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2478 | 20 | 1985 |
24 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2478 | 11 | 1989 |
25 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2474 | 18 | 1991 |
26 | Romanko, Marina | wg | RUS | 2466 | 29 | 1986 |
27 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2466 | 11 | 1983 |
28 | Qin, Kanying | wg | CHN | 2466 | 6 | 1974 |
29 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2463 | 0 | 1984 |
30 | Zhukova, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2461 | 20 | 1979 |
31 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2461 | 14 | 1978 |
32 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2461 | 2 | 1978 |
33 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2459 | 29 | 1985 |
34 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2456 | 21 | 1978 |
35 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2454 | 30 | 1991 | |
36 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2452 | 29 | 1983 |
37 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2450 | 28 | 1974 |
38 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2449 | 4 | 1976 |
39 | Korbut, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2448 | 5 | 1985 |
40 | Lomineishvili, Maia | m | GEO | 2447 | 22 | 1977 |
41 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2441 | 29 | 1992 |
42 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2440 | 31 | 1987 |
43 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | wg | MGL | 2440 | 19 | 1987 |
44 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2440 | 11 | 1982 |
45 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2439 | 22 | 1968 |
46 | Zdebskaja, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2438 | 18 | 1986 |
47 | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2436 | 22 | 1991 | |
48 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2434 | 0 | 1982 |
49 | Shadrina, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2431 | 20 | 1974 |
50 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2428 | 29 | 1976 |
51 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2426 | 0 | 1971 |
52 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2424 | 26 | 1985 |
53 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2424 | 22 | 1975 |
54 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2424 | 13 | 1981 |
55 | Repkova, Eva | m | SVK | 2424 | 12 | 1975 |
56 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | m | ROU | 2423 | 38 | 1967 |
57 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2423 | 30 | 1986 |
58 | Li, Ruofan | wg | SIN | 2423 | 6 | 1978 |
59 | Tairova, Elena | m | RUS | 2422 | 0 | 1991 |
60 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2420 | 55 | 1989 |
61 | Moser, Eva | m | AUT | 2418 | 7 | 1982 |
62 | Stockova, Zuzana | m | SVK | 2417 | 5 | 1977 |
63 | Matnadze, Ana | m | GEO | 2414 | 20 | 1983 |
64 | Fierro Baquero, Martha L. | m | ECU | 2411 | 19 | 1977 |
65 | Gunina, Valentina | wf | RUS | 2411 | 18 | 1989 |
66 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2410 | 26 | 1986 |
67 | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2410 | 20 | 1969 |
68 | Maric, Alisa | m | SRB | 2407 | 0 | 1970 |
69 | Wang, Pin | wg | CHN | 2407 | 0 | 1974 |
70 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2402 | 23 | 1980 |
71 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2399 | 7 | 1977 |
72 | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2398 | 20 | 1987 |
73 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2396 | 20 | 1979 |
74 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2392 | 20 | 1978 |
75 | Goletiani, Rusudan | wg | USA | 2391 | 0 | 1980 |
76 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2390 | 20 | 1987 |
77 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2388 | 0 | 1978 |
78 | Borsuk, Angela | m | ISR | 2385 | 8 | 1967 |
79 | Jackova, Jana | m | CZE | 2385 | 0 | 1982 |
80 | Madl, Ildiko | m | HUN | 2385 | 0 | 1969 |
81 | Alexandrova, Olga | m | ESP | 2383 | 0 | 1978 |
82 | Majdan, Joanna | wg | POL | 2382 | 20 | 1988 |
83 | Vajda, Szidonia | m | HUN | 2381 | 0 | 1979 |
84 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2379 | 18 | 1983 |
85 | Sergeyeva, Maria | wg | KAZ | 2377 | 0 | 1983 |
86 | Demina, Julia | wg | RUS | 2375 | 20 | 1969 |
87 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2373 | 29 | 1992 |
88 | Zozulia, Anna | m | BEL | 2371 | 34 | 1980 |
89 | Pokorna, Regina | wg | SVK | 2368 | 31 | 1982 |
90 | Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino | m | GER | 2367 | 0 | 1971 |
91 | Stepovaia, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2365 | 11 | 1965 |
92 | Tsereteli, Tamar | wg | GEO | 2365 | 9 | 1985 |
93 | Wang, Yu A. | m | CHN | 2364 | 23 | 1982 |
94 | Gvetadze, Sopio | m | GEO | 2364 | 22 | 1983 |
95 | Khotenashvili, Bela | wg | GEO | 2364 | 18 | 1988 |
96 | Chelushkina, Irina | wg | SRB | 2364 | 9 | 1961 |
97 | Charkhalashvili, Inga | wg | GEO | 2363 | 30 | 1983 |
98 | Dworakowska, Joanna | m | POL | 2363 | 11 | 1978 |
99 | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2362 | 11 | 1969 |
100 | Nadig, Kruttika | wm | IND | 2361 | 30 | 1988 |
101 | Cherednichenko, Svetlana | wg | UKR | 2361 | 11 | 1984 |
At eighteen Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen leads the Juniors list by 49 points, since his Ukrainian "twin" Sergey Karjakin has gained 15 points (Magnus lost six). Wang Hao has switched places with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana has climbed a notch, while Wesley So has moved from place nine to seven. We are pleased to note that Hou Yifan has been included in this list – the last one left her out in spite of the fact that she was amongst the top twenty.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2770 | 27 | 1990 |
2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2721 | 19 | 1990 |
3 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2696 | 29 | 1989 |
4 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2684 | 10 | 1990 |
5 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2649 | 31 | 1992 |
6 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2643 | 46 | 1989 |
7 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2641 | 29 | 1993 |
8 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2632 | 56 | 1990 |
9 | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2627 | 20 | 1989 |
10 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2625 | 18 | 1990 |
11 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2624 | 35 | 1990 |
12 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2622 | 29 | 1989 |
13 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2613 | 22 | 1990 |
14 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2606 | 38 | 1990 |
15 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2599 | 47 | 1992 |
16 | Edouard, Romain | m | FRA | 2594 | 36 | 1990 |
17 | Andriasian, Zaven | g | ARM | 2593 | 39 | 1989 |
18 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2592 | 22 | 1993 |
19 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2591 | 0 | 1991 |
20 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2590 | 29 | 1994 |
Naturally GM Hou Yifan of China, who turned 15 a month ago, is still dominating this list completely. She is 57 points ahead of the second strongest girl, IM Anna Muzychuk. GM Kateryna Lahno has lost ten points but still remains in place three.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2590 | 29 | 1994 |
2 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2533 | 28 | 1990 |
3 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2478 | 11 | 1989 |
4 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2474 | 18 | 1991 |
5 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2454 | 30 | 1991 | |
6 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2441 | 29 | 1992 |
7 | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2436 | 22 | 1991 | |
8 | Tairova, Elena | m | RUS | 2422 | 0 | 1991 |
9 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2420 | 55 | 1989 |
10 | Gunina, Valentina | wf | RUS | 2411 | 18 | 1989 |
11 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2373 | 29 | 1992 |
12 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | wm | RUS | 2344 | 35 | 1993 |
13 | Zhang, Xiaowen | wm | CHN | 2340 | 27 | 1989 |
14 | Girya, Olga | wf | RUS | 2335 | 37 | 1991 |
15 | Severiukhina, Zoja | wf | RUS | 2332 | 39 | 1990 |
16 | Gomes, Mary Ann | wg | IND | 2332 | 11 | 1989 |
17 | Vojinovic, Jovana | wm | MNE | 2328 | 20 | 1992 |
18 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | wm | GEO | 2325 | 38 | 1991 |
19 | Paulet, Iozefina | wg | ROU | 2322 | 30 | 1989 |
20 | Foisor, Sabina-Francesca | wg | USA | 2311 | 4 | 1989 |
Lists and data by courtesy of FIDE